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The Declining Role of Islamists in Indonesian Democracy: The Success of Jokowi’s government in Containing the Hardline Islamic Movements

Authors
Peter Suwarno1, *
1School of International Letters and Cultures, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA
*Corresponding author. Email: peter.suwarno@asu.edu
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Peter Suwarno
Available Online 15 January 2025.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-350-4_8How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Islamists; Nationalists; Pancasila; Democracy
Abstract

Throughout the Indonesian history, Islamists has an important role in shaping political development of this world third largest democracy. This paper attempts to describe this development that has led to a significant decline in the role of Islamists in recent Indonesian political contestations. For this purpose, this article will discuss government policies throughout the history of Indonesia from Soekarno’s era to Joko Widodo’s administration and explain Jokowi’s success in curbing the Islamist agenda. Based on collected data from researches and media publications, this paper will explain the contentions between Islamist and Nationalist political factions as well as the government strategies which eventually led to the decline role of Islamists in the Indonesian democratization struggle. The setback of Islamist politics occurred when Soekarno halted the deadlock democratic debates and issued a presidential decree leading to disbanding of Masyumi (the prominent Islamist party) and during the authoritarian Soeharto regime’s anti-Islamists policies. While SBY’s reformist nationalist agenda gave some rooms for the increase role of Islamist movements, Jokowi’s semi-authoritarian tactics of disbanding Islamic hardline groups, led to the Islamists leaders and their discourses being subdued, resulting in the absence of Islamist discourse during 2024 elections.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 1st Joint International Conference on Social and Political Sciences: Challenges and Opportunities in the Future (JICSPS 2023)
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Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
15 January 2025
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978-2-38476-350-4
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2352-5398
DOI
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